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I have been making soap for a couple of years now, but have never made laundry soap. Here a recipe I have heard good things about. I am going to give it a try today. Liquid Laundry Detergents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Pints Water 1/3 Bar Fels Naptha Soap, Grated 1/2 Cup Washing Soda 1/2 Cup Borax 2 Gallon Bucket 1 Quart Hot Water Cold Water Mix Fels Naptha soap in a saucepan with 3 pints of water, and heat on low until dissolved. Stir in Washing Soda and Borax. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat. Add 1 Quart Hot Water to 2 Gallon Bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with cold water, and mix well. Set aside for 24 hours, or until mixture is gelled. Use 1/2 cup of mixture per load.

When another calender year is over and the start of a new year apon us. I tend to lean toward Earth based beliefs so my new year begins November 1st. Julius Caesar decreed January 1st the new year in 567, before that March 1st was celebrated as the new year and there were on 7 months of the year. 2008 was an interesting year, luckly not as hard as 2007. My father estate was finally closed in December and the faire house was sold. I was glad to get alot of loose ends taken care of. I don't ususally make resolutions, I give myself goals to work for. Last year it was to go as green as possible and to live a healthier life style. I also want to has a more balanced life. Those goals were accomplished, but can be continued in 2009. My goals for 2009 To live a balanced life have a great garden get fit redo bathroom pay off debt Hope everyone had a great new year and this year is all you hope for.

I had a couple of goals for going green that I started at the beginning of Summer. 1, to only use reuseable bags when shopping. 2, to not use the dryer and wash in cold water. 3, to recycle as much as possible. 4, to install the wind turbine. This is how it went, I did use the reuseable bags most of the time. A couple of times I forgot them in the car and had to use the plastic bags. I did recycle them though :P I found when I first started using my own bags the cashiers where taken a bit back. I usually pack them myself since they packed them too light. It also seems like more people are using reuseable bags so they are getting use to them. I have washed in only cold water and see no difference in my the cleaness of my clothes. I tryed to only dry the clothes outside but the weather was not on my side. I did limit the washing to days that were suppose to be clear but more than a couple of times it rained :( For the winter I am going to set up a line in the basement. I set u...